In frames of the 6th Summer All-Ukrainian Veterans Games in commemoration of Mikhail Baka Maxibasketball tournament was held on August 6-10, 2015, in Yuzhny City, Odessa region. Veterans competed in M40+, M45+ and M65+ age categories. Tournament’s matches were played in two sports complexes "Olymp" and "Khimik". Four veterans’ teams from Odessa, Nikolaev, Dnepropetrovsk and Kyiv competed in M65+ age category.

In the first day of the tournament AMICO-Nikolaev team confronted Dnepropetrovsk team. On the first minutes of the game Nikolaev went forward 6-4. But with efforts of Dnepropetrovsk players Vikhariev, Bychkov and Pozdieiev the first period came to the end with their 11-8 advantage.

Nikolaev began the second quarter with a run that lifted them to a 24-22 lead. In this period Yakiv Kultyhin contributed intensive and selfness playing on both ends of the court to the AMICO-Nikolaev team.

In the third term the performance of Dnepropetrovsk player Bychkov changed the face of a game. Bychkov was the best for Dnipro, appearing in the most needed times and places. With his 8 points Dnepropetrovsk team closed three periods leading 34-32.

The fourth period Nikolaev began with strong offensive actions and took the lead. In dying seconds of the game AMICO had a 42-39 advantage. But the ball from Pozdieiev entered the basket and changed score, 42-41. With two seconds to go Dnepropetrovsk player Bychkov was fouled and he was awarded with two free throws. The outcome of the game was in his hands. Bychkov made two shots, missing one of them, 42-42! Overtime gave to AMICO’s players a chance to savour the taste of victory. But two-point shot from Pozdieiev put Dnipro ahead 50-48 within the final second of overtime.

Same day Odessa played against Kyiv. Kyiv’s players were unable to deal with strong offensive Odessa team and suffered their first loss of the tournament, 32-57.

In the second day of the tournament AMICO-Nikolaev competed with Kyiv team. Using strong spurt in the first minutes of the game, Nikolaev team established control of the match. They showed great offensive effectiveness, shooting from the field and from three-point area. AMICO –Nikolaev ended the first half with a 16-point gap 31-15. Having a significant advantage, AMICO in the second half comfortably closed the game 48-37.

Odessa met with Dnepropetrovsk. In this match Odessa dominated from start to finish, outscoring Dnipro team 40-24.

In the third day of the tournament Kyiv competed with Dnepropetrovsk. Dnipro team dominated three periods in a row, constantly scoring points and increasing their advantage to 27-17. In the fourth quarter eventually Kyiv figured out how to handle Dnepropetrovsk team. Kyiv team pressed the accelerator and they many times over increased the speed of their actions. All the time a ball flew over Dnepropetrovsk’s half of the court, periodically entering in the basket. At the end of the game 6 points from Zaritsky brought a victory to veterans of Kyiv, 32-31.

The match between Odessa and Nikolaev was the last game of the tournament. Nikolaev team had a huge desire to win this match. But excessive nervousness and fussiness didn’t allow AMICO-Nikolaev team to achieve good result. Within three periods Odessa surely and purposefully scored points, 28-14. The fourth quarter Nikolaev started with attacking the rival. Odessa answered with impenetrable defense allowing AMICO-Nikolaev only 3 points to score. As the buzzer sounded, Odessa team began to celebrate a 39-17 victory. They deservedly won a rank of the champion of the tournament. Nikolaev received the second place. Dnepropetrovsk earned the third position at the tournament.